The Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League stems from a 1921 organization founded by Katherine Barr and others who
attended Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The league gathered information about racial discrimination
against African Americans and other minorities in jobs, health services, and housing; helped develop fair employment programs
during World War II, and was active in the formation of the City Human Relations Commission. The collection consists of correspondence
and papers relating to African Americans, immigrant labor and problems of social planning in Los Angeles.

Background

The Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League stems from a 1921 organization founded by Katherine Barr and others who
attended Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama; gathered information about racial discrimination against African
Americans and other minorities in jobs, health services, and housing; helped develop fair employment programs during World
War II, and was active in the formation of the City Human Relations Commission; membership changed from 90% black in 1970
to 40% Hispanic by the late 1990s; works in partnership with business and government to serve disadvantaged and poor people.

Extent

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

Restrictions

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